Brilliant analysis Joe Lake!! Wow!! You are sooooo insightful!!!

It IS time Marcus!! Time for the charade to end. You are NOT qualified to hold public office. I urge all of the readers of the Patch to go back and read all of Marcus' inane and childish responses to posts. He is only looking to get a paycheck from the taxpayers and will not represent us in a professional, responsible, intelligent manner. He is doing this to enrich himself rather than to help us. He is, in fact, a buffoon!! (as is Joe Lake)

Name calling again Joe?? Why not give it up?? Pull your panties up and get over yourself.

C'mon Joey!!! You can't stifle me. You are the bully. You won't shout me down. My voice is as important as yours whether you believe it or not. You are a Democrat Bully, probably a union member, who tries to intimidate others. You, sir, are a bully. A pathetic little girl bully who can't get his way so he is throwing his little girl tantrum. Your family Joe, your family would be so ashamed of your bullying behavior. Let the people speak!!! oh, and go change your panties.

Here is a chance to win my vote...considering that some parts of the 2nd district are suffering (i.e. Dolton, Harvey) how would you fix this? Here is a hint, I am not interested in redistributing the wealth. I also don't want a FDR style government work program which only leads higher taxes and takes jobs away from the private sector

Todd, you must have read his sketchy plans before... He advocates work programs and the like, but what he doesn't understand is that he is not going to get them. Just because HE wants such programs doesn't mean that anyone would listen to him. He can promise all he wants (like obama) did, and maybe some desperate folks would fall for his rhetoric and vote for him, but in the end he wont do anything except collect a paycheck. THATS what he wants. A paycheck and a pension. He is a leech. A huckster. A buffoon. (as is Joe Lake)

Thank you Joe Lake, you are the bully. It's plain for all to see.

Your comments are not appropriate joey. I urge you to contain your abusive and bullying vulgarities. You clearly are a troubled individual.

Your argument is flawed. The scripture that you quote is a mandate for tithing as individuals, not as a government. To counter your scripture, what about the parable of talents in Matthew 25:14-30. "For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance" Government should stay out of the charity business, so what else do you have?

Bravo Todd, you have seen this man for who he truly is. A leech. A taker. Marcus, giving of one's resources is just that, giving. A tax is not a gift to the government. A gift is something freely given. People work hard for what they have. why should they be compelled to "give" it to the government to be dished out to other. When a person with some wealth dies, why should the government take some of that wealth?? Hasn't he paid his taxes already. obama now wants half of pie!! re distributors like yourself are going to ruin this country.

It sounds to me, Mark Lewis that you are NOT an Independent, but a Socialist. No thank you. I work HARD for my paycheck and quite frankly, I'm tired of other people making a living from my hard work. Furthermore, you may want to remember there is a separation of church and state. So regardless of what the Bible states, our country is not governed by it. Before you go getting yourself worked up I AM A CHRISTIAN, but I also believe in the United States Constitution. That being said, are you not familiar with the verse, also from 1 Timothy (5:13) "Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not." We have enough "idlers" in this world a/k/a drug addicts, alcoholics, gang members. No thanks, your plan is NOT what we need more of.

NoOneNeedsToKnow: I don't know many postal workers who are Socialists. Just tag someone with a label, you Republican. Joe Lake, Chicago

Forgive me if I do not cheerfully give a higher portion of my paycheck. Work is not scarce, people's willingness to do a job is. Taxes are what caused jobs to leave Cook County and your solution is to raise it higher. Independent Candidate....same old democrat policies. The poor have been voting democrat for 30 years and do you know what, they are still poor

poor people voting for the same people that do nothing to help them. It's a joke!! It's a sham!!! They will blame George Bush for this!!!

Wow... Simply amazing... sounds like you are calling for a revolution...

No response for awhile. NotBuyingIt must be out getting his Food Stamps. Joe Lake, Chicago

clean it up Joe Lake...

Forget it Marcus... You don't have a chance in hell... You are wholly unqualified to represent even yourself let alone the 2nd district. You garnered 13% of the vote in the election. The people that voted for you had NO idea who you really are and clearly only voted for you because your name was not JJJ... You are a self-absorbed charlatan who is running to line your pockets with taxpayer dollars. You have shown yourself to be a petty, small-minded buffoon and not worthy of holding public office anytime anywhere.

Marcus Lewis is quite possibly the most UNQUALIFIED candidate that has EVER run for public office!!! Please people, click on his name and look at the comments he has posted. You will find him to be completely juvenile, petty, and so out of touch with reality. I can not stand by and let him spout his nonsense without a rebuttal... DON"T VOTE FOR THIS BUFFOON EVER FOR ANYTHING!!!!!

Marcus, "Ask NOT what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." You may or may not recognize this as a quote from John Kennedy, a democrat, but this has become the message of Republicans in todays world. Democrats have become the party of those that are looking for what the country can give them, and Republicans are now the party that behaves the way that JFK wanted us to behave.

NotBuyingit ~ Although I agree with you that Marcus Lewis is not qualified to lead the district; I have to question your thought process about the current Republicans. You actually believe that the Republican platform is "Ask NOT what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." WOW
The far left and the far right are tearing our country apart and until they are able to come to the center we are in big trouble.

Yes Marcus, I am a proud Republican!! And as a proud Republican I urge all 2nd district voters to consider a Republican in the special election. We are the party that is not asking the country what it will do for us.

I do believe that Blackhawks fan, AND, unfortunately I also believe that is exactly why the Republican party will probably have great difficulty going forward. You have hispanics and blacks that will vote for democrats locally and nationally whether or not the people they elect actually do anything for them. You hear Dems say that Republicans are not inclusive. What could a Republican do to get blacks to vote for him or her?? Seriously, what?? What would a Republican need to promise to get the black vote?? What would they need to say to hispanics that would get them to vote for Republicans?? Truth be told, amnesty for illegals might help, but that's not what the majority of americans really want. The party that wants to tax those that have and give to those that have less is the party that will remain in power. I am a realist in addition to being a Republican.

Joe Lake, I feel sorry for you... You keep popping up and wanting to be noticed, but sadly, you are just a little fellow that nobody care about. Tell you what, I've seen your facebook page and you are an old man. Probably have an enlarged prostate and can't get it up anymore. Why don't YOU just go away... No seriously, just go away...

NotBuyingit ~ I think the Republican Party has to abandon the Tea Party; they are way too radical in their beliefs. This is a changing time and until the GOP realizes this the far left will get elected. It seems you are blaming the blacks and Hispanics for electing Obama but you have to realize that 63% of America is white so there are a lot of others that don’t currently believe in the Republican Party. There is no question that there’s way too many entitlements, but you also have to understand that taxes have to be fair and the rich can’t have so many loop holes. My belief is that both parties have to come to the center and until that happens we will be in big trouble.

Wait a minute Blackhawks Fan... Who are the "rich"?? What are the "loopholes"??? I mean, seriously, I'm so sick of hearing about the "rich" and how they need to pay their fair share. How they are not paying enough. What should the rich pay??? what should you pay??? Maybe I think YOU don't pay enough enough in taxes. Everytime we turn around there is a tax, a fee, a fine, a penalty, another tax, a toll, a charge, a sticker, a license... It's ridiculous, and it all goes to a local or state or federal government. You write, "This is a changing time and until the GOP realizes this the far left will get elected. It seems you are blaming the blacks and Hispanics for electing Obama but you have to realize that 63% of America is white so there are a lot of others that don’t currently believe in the Republican Party." Okay, so we have realized that this is a changing time, now what??? I am not blaming Hispanics and blacks for electing obama. I AM saying that 93% of blacks voted for obama and that 71% of hispanics did. Those are growing populations. Republicans can't win with numbers like that, but we will never get their votes. The Tea Party is anti-tax, anti-big government. Dems try to paint them a fringe lunatics. Dems try to paiint mainstream Repubs a fringe lunatics!! Dems always demonize us and claim that we only care about big corps and rich people, and sadly it seems to have worked on their followers... We're going in the wrong direction...

NotBuyingit ~ “The Tea Party is anti-tax, anti-big government.” That is bull. They have no real plan, they hide behind this mantra but what is their plan of getting this economy back on track? If you don’t know what the loopholes are maybe you should do some research!!! Maybe you should explain why hedge fund managers pay 15% tax or why big oil gets subsidized. The simple fact is you are on here so you are middle class and why is it you are defending the supper rich? The Bush tax cuts need to be repealed.
I am also tired of all the people that take advantage of the system and the list long.

I don't defend the super rich, but I don't believe we need to keep giving more and more of our money to government. We give enough. All of us. You can nickle and dime your hedge fund mgrs and have them pay the same taxes as you, what's that gonna get ya?? stop fossil fuel subsidies?? In what way am I defending the "super rich"?? What am I defending them from?? I'm saying that the taxation needs to stop for EVERYONE!!! Government keeps growing. You know all of those federal workers keep getting raises. We in the public sector don't but yet we gotta pay more taxes for more public workers who keep getting pay raises every freakin' year. ENOUGH!!! And so what if someone is rich or even SUPER rich!! How does that affect you?? It doesn't in any way. You could be rich, I could be rich, we all could be rich, if we knew how, or were lucky enough. Just because someone else is rich or super rich, doesn't mean that somehow we get less of anything. Who cares if someone is rich! I'm not and it's obvious, but I don't think that you or me or anyone else needs to pay MORE in taxes. You say the Bush tax cuts need to be repealed?? All of the cuts?? The ones that affect you as well?? I can't afford more taxes and fees and fines and penalties and stickers and licenses and it's all a joke... They are bleeding us dry.

Yes Marcus, I am a proud Republican!! And as a proud Republican I urge all 2nd district voters to consider a Republican in the special election. We are the party that is not asking the country what it will do for us.

Marcus Lewis is not qualified to be our representative. He is a charlatan and a huckster and is just trying to line his pockets with tax dollars. He has no clue.

I am a resident of the 2nd district, and I CAN NOT stomach the idea of you in office. You are not credible and the fact that you garnered as many votes as you did make me very sad. It shows that the voters of this district don't bother to vet their candidates. Can you imagine how crazy it was to vote J3 back into office?? RIDICULOUS!! OUTLANDISH!! CRIMINAL!! (no pun intended) ((okay, yes I did intend that pun (: )) It tells us something about the voters. This district is extremely corrupt and machine-driven. Marcus, you know who I am... I am the voice of reason. I am the voice of the 2nd district. We will not vote for you.

"Hear now this, O foolish Marcus, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: You will never be elected to public office as you clearly do NOT have what it takes. Go thy way Marcus, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for the voters will never accepteth thy works."

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Thanks Joe aka Marcus.

Hope Marcus can get her a job now at The Post Office or something now.

Joe Lake-Facebook http://www.facebook.com/joe.lake007 Joe Lake, Chicago

Trust me I know there is a Joe Lake. The election is over now, congrats on your 38,733

Thanks, perhaps that is settled--again. Joe Lake, Chicago

Well Cabbage, that's ONE way of looking at it...